Being against Specism means being against TNR and adopting cats

As the title says my thesis is

P1: We should not do things to animals that we don't think are acceptable to do to humans

P2: People should decide over their own life

P3: Collective guilt is not an acceptable concept

P4: Non-herbivore animals are morally neutral

P2->C1: Forced sterilisation is bad as it removes the decision if one wants to have children by force.

This is normally accepted as bad as seen by the outrage this caused when it was done to people in Canada, Greenland or India

P2->C2: Imprisoning people and restricting the activities of people in this prision is bad.

This is seen in that we call this kidnapping and only allow this without judgment in the case of children and the elderly and even here we normally want to give them as much freedom as possible

C1+P1->C3: Neutering animals against their explicit consent or to directly protect their life is not acceptable

C2+P1+P3->C4: Trapping animals in homes if it is not to protect the animal from danger is only acceptable if the specific case is reviewed and there is reason to believe that the animal in Question will do something illegal again.

C3+C4->C5: Trapping animals for neutering is bad and animals are only acceptable as companions if they are allowed to leave at any point in time

P4+C5: Cats as a species are okay to exist and the correct way to care for them is to leave some vegan meals outside so that we may get them to trust us and interact with us.

I mostly added P4 as I don't think the genetic reengineering of all animals on earth to have a functioning ecosystem without Predator/Parasite and prey dynamics is sensible.

Posted Feb 15, 2026, 8:37 PM UTC

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